Troy Wozniak
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Full name | Troy Wozniak | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia | 6 January 1978|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Height | 181 cm (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 102 kg (16 st 1 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position | Second-row, Lock, Centre | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Troy Wozniak (born 6 January 1978 in Blacktown, New South Wales) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer in the Australasian National Rugby League (NRL) competition. He played for the Balmain Tigers, Parramatta Eels and Wests Tigers as well as Widnes Vikings in the Super League. Wozniak was primarily a utility player.[2]
Playing career
[edit]Wozniak made his first grade debut for Balmain in round 6 of the 1999 NRL season against North Sydney at Leichhardt Oval. He made one further appearance for Balmain which was a 64–12 loss against North Sydney at North Sydney Oval. After Balmain merged with Western Suburbs to form the Wests Tigers, Wozniak was not offered a contract to play for the new team, and he joined Parramatta. He played ten games for the club in the 2000 NRL season, scoring his first try in a 24-22 defeat of the Auckland Warriors in round 9.[3]
In 2002, he joined the Wests Tigers and played 26 matches for the team between 2002 and 2003. Midway through 2002, he was leading the team in offloads and linebreaks, and was described as "one of the team's most penetrating attacking players". He said, "At Parramatta, I didn't reach my potential. I didn't get a chance hardly at all last year. I had a big off-season when I rejoined the Tigers and also, I'm getting a go now, and that has made a difference."[4]
In 2004, Wozniak played for English side Widnes in the Super League.[5]
Career highlights
[edit]- First Grade Debut: 1999 - Round 6, Balmain Tigers vs North Sydney Bears at Leichhardt Oval, 10 April.[6]
Footnotes
[edit]- ^ "Troy Wozniak – Career Stats & Summary – Rugby League Project". Rugby League Project.
- ^ "Official Player Numbers". Parramatta Eels.
- ^ "Round 9". Rugby League Project.
- ^ "STARTING SPOT MAKES WOZNIAK'S SEASON SPECIAL". Rugby League Week. 12 June 2002. p. 34.
- ^ "Wests Tigers first grade players". Wests Tigers.
- ^ "Troy Wozniak". NRL Stats. Retrieved 24 November 2007.
External links
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- 1978 births
- Living people
- Australian rugby league players
- Balmain Tigers players
- Parramatta Eels players
- Rugby league centres
- Rugby league second-rows
- Rugby league locks
- Rugby league players from Blacktown
- Wests Tigers players
- Widnes Vikings players
- Australian expatriate rugby league players in England
- Australian rugby league biography, 1970s birth stubs